Italy Reads Student Video Contest Winners Announced
March 21, 2023
The winners of the 14th annual Italy Reads Student Video Contest were announced during an online award ceremony held on March 16, 2023.
March 21, 2023
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Italy Reads Presents Interview and Digital Newsletter Project
March 1, 2023
On February 22, during an online meeting, students from various Italian high schools participated with their teachers in a presentation of their final work for the Italy Reads Interview and Digital Newsletter Project.
March 1, 2023
JCU’s Italy Reads Program featured in Margaret Fuller Society Newsletter “Conversations”
December 30, 2022
The focus of the 2022-2023 edition of Italy Reads is Margaret Fuller’s Summer on the Lakes in 1843. The Margaret Fuller Society played an important role in this year’s edition of Italy Reads, and it is an honor to be featured in the society’s newsletter.
December 30, 2022
Italy Reads 2022 Kicks Off 13th Edition with Annual Keynote Address
November 3, 2022
Italy Reads kicked off its 13th year as JCU’s community-based English language cultural exchange program with the annual Keynote Address on October 18, 2022.
November 3, 2022
JCU’s Programs for High Schools: How the University Reaches Out to the Local Community
June 16, 2022
John Cabot University organizes free online English language development programs that are available nation-wide to Italian high school students and teachers.
June 16, 2022
Keynote Speaker Melanie Masterton Sherazi Kicks Off Italy Reads 2021-2022
November 4, 2021
On October 19, JCU welcomed Dr. Melanie Masterton Sherazi as this year’s Italy Reads keynote speaker, to talk about the program’s featured novel, Beetlecreek.
November 4, 2021
A World of Your Own: Study Abroad Alumna Amanda Frazier
January 22, 2021
Alumna Amanda Frazier studied abroad at JCU in Spring 2016. She was an active participant in Italy Reads, a community-based English language reading and cultural exchange program. Amanda is currently a high school teacher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
January 22, 2021
Teach to Learn: Study Abroad Alumnus Luke Harris
December 4, 2020
Born in Lake Tahoe, California, and raised in Sacramento, Luke Harris studied abroad at JCU in Fall 2019, where he participated in the Italy Reads program. He is currently teaching 8th grade at an elementary school in Stockton, California.
December 4, 2020
Italy Reads 2019-2020 Announces Winners of Student Video Contest
November 16, 2020
JCU's Italy Reads Program announced the winners of the Student Video Contest on April 1, 2020. Italy Reads is a community-based English language reading and cultural exchange program.
November 16, 2020
Italy Reads: Professor Antonio Lopez on Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
November 5, 2020
On October 14, John Cabot’s Italy Reads program hosted JCU Department Chair and Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Antonio Lopez, who presented 'Silent Spring in 2020: What Rachel Carson Teaches Us About COVID-19 and the Climate Crisis.'
November 5, 2020
Teacher Training Workshop: JCU Italy Reads Welcomes High School Teachers
September 13, 2019
On Saturday, September 7, 2019, John Cabot University’s Italy Reads program welcomed 70 of the nearly 200 teachers from the 65 participating high schools to the Teacher Training Workshop.
September 13, 2019
Italy Reads 2018 Inaugurated by Keynote Speaker Dr. Mark Bosco
October 16, 2018
John Cabot University’s Italy Reads 2018 Program welcomed Dr. Mark Bosco, S. J., who delivered a keynote address on Flannery O’Connor in the Aula Magna Regina on October 10, 2018.
October 16, 2018
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Italy Reads Students Interview Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins
February 7, 2018
The Italy Reads 2017 Keynote Address by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins was an occasion for 14 high school students and 4 JCU students (Italy Reads Volunteers) to get hands-on experience while contributing to the success of the kick-off event for JCU’s 9th annual program of English language reading and cultural exchange.
February 7, 2018
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Italy Reads 2017 Welcomes Poet Billy Collins and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli
October 16, 2017
On Thursday, October 12, John Cabot University Italy Reads welcomed former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins for the Keynote Address on Emily Dickinson. The event kicked off with a greeting from outer space from Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
October 16, 2017
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Celebrating Student Creativity: 8th Edition of Italy Reads Student Video Contest
March 6, 2017
Italy Reads is John Cabot’s community-based reading and cultural exchange program and it is currently in its 8th year with up to 65 high schools involved.
March 6, 2017
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“Decentering Native Privilege: Italy Reads, Writes, Pitches” at TESOL Italy’s National Convention
November 29, 2016
The themes of the convention were “The privilege of the Non-native speaker” and “English in multicultural education.”
November 29, 2016
Italy Reads: Keynote Address by Professor Sarah Churchwell
November 3, 2016
On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, John Cabot University presented the Italy Reads Keynote Address by Professor Sarah Churchwell.
November 3, 2016
JCU and The English Theatre of Rome Present The Glass Menagerie
October 21, 2016
John Cabot University's Italy Reads Program , in collaboration with The English Theatre of Rome, presents The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.
October 21, 2016
JCU Institute for Entrepreneurship Welcomes High School Students for “Italy Pitches”
April 21, 2016
Italy Pitches is a national, Elevator Pitch-style competition in English, focused on advocating for non profits, open to Italian High School students.
April 21, 2016
2015 Student Video Contest Award Ceremony Hosted by Italy Reads
February 24, 2016
Each year, prizes are awarded to the classes that produce the best 3-minute videos inspired by a work of American literature selected as the focus of the annual program.
February 24, 2016
